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ID: 700002945 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002945 | Record Type: Built Work |
Images: 1 | |
Colossi of Memnon (monumental sculpture; unknown Ancient Egyptian (architects); ; ca. 1350 BCE; Thebes, Necropolis of (Thebes, Qinā, Miṣr, Africa, Wor...; ) | |
Note: Two large statues in Upper Egypt located in the Theban necropolis, originally at the entrance of a mortuary temple. The figures are both seated representations of Amenhotep III, on pedestals. | |
Titles: |
Colossi of Memnon (preferred,C,U,English,,) |
Catalog Level: object grouping |
monumental sculpture [300400887] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by form>) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: ca. 1350 BCE |
unknown Ancient Egyptian (architects); [preferred,VP] |
sculptors unknown Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian cultural designation) [500202838] |
Locations: |
Current: Thebes, Necropolis of [7029384] Qinā (governorate), Egypt (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Address Note: 25.720556 32.610556 |
Display Materials: quartzite |
quartzite [300011623] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock) |
Dimensions: 14.3 x 5.43 m; 10.5 m (base depth); 720 metric tons (weight) |
Ancient Egyptian (preferred) |
portraits (preferred,description) |
Amenhotep III, King of Egypt (Ancient Egyptian king, died ca. 1353 BCE) [500124618] | |
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Colossi of Memnon | ........ [JPGM,VP] |
........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-) | |
........ Heizer et al, Colossi of Memnon, Science (1973) | |
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP] |
....................... Heizer et al, Colossi of Memnon, Science (1973) |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Heizer et al, Colossi of Memnon, Science (1973) | |
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